high stepper
- noun
- Jargon
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caballo de paso elevado
- Many trainers spend years teaching a young horse to become a skilled high stepper.
Examples
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The high stepper impressed the judges with its elegant movement in the arena.
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Many trainers prefer a high stepper for show events.
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At the parade, the crowd admired the high stepper for its graceful and exaggerated gait.
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The high stepper won first place at the competition.
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At the parade, the crowd admired the high stepper for its graceful and exaggerated gait.
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The high stepper impressed the judges with its elegant movement in the arena.
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Many trainers spend years teaching a young horse to become a skilled high stepper.
Synonyms
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8.6
A horse that lifts its legs high when it moves
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8.9
A horse that lifts its front legs high when it walks or trots
How High
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a person who walks or marches with exaggerated high lifts of the feet' is directly derivable from combining 'high' (having large vertical lift) with 'stepper' (one who steps), following a standard adjective + agentive-noun pattern. Although 'stepper' is less frequent, the composition is literal and cross-linguistically straightforward, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents would readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
High stepper comes from horses trained to lift their feet very high when they walk or trot in shows. Picture a horse making each step like a dancer, and that's why the phrase means a horse that walks or trots with exaggerated, high lifts.